If the Democrat Party worms its way back into the White House, maybe it will try an “emergency declaration” attack on rkba. A mandated “buy-back” would be an exciting development.
Since there is no national gun registry here, unlike Australia, how will a mandatory buyback be enforced?
Cars stopped and searched at random at police checkpoints?
Homes invaded by police with blanket warrants?
Stop & frisk on the streets for everyone?
Obama wanted to outlaw gun ownership with a stroke of the pen & found it wasn’t as easy as that. He couldn’t dragoon the states into doing anything not already agreed to.
IMO, PDJT signing that emergency order has inadvertently proven that Presidential EO’s don’t automatically fill the highways with armored convoys and the skies with combat aircraft. It only pointed out how many extant EO’s are still in effect. It’s not like FDR declaring war on Japan.
A conundrum for gungrabbers is the very political estimation of how many guns are in private hands in America. Understate it & it seems less of a societal problem although that could make gun owners appear to be a small troublesome minority who can be dealt with.
To overstate the number of guns in order to say “We’re doomed unless we confiscate them all!” would also make ending gun ownership seem an impossible task except through decades of generational reeducation of children yet unborn.
Look for articles under “change gun culture” or “too many guns” or even “crazy Americans love their guns”. You’ll find them to be long on final solutions and short on operational and logistical details.
I have yet to find a pro-gun control article that made me think “yes, it could happen here”.